Manufal stirrer and container for sirups



June 3, 1930. T. J. CHRUL ,6

MANUAL STIRRER AND CONTAINER FOR SIRUPS Filed Feb. 15. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

June '3, 1930. T. J. CHRUL 1,761,613

MANUAL STIRRER AND CONTAINER FOR'YSI'RUPS INVENTOR. BY (midi, I

ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 3, 1930 mom 1 RU Q' A s wa mam MAfiU L swans w i FoRJSmUPS Application filed Februai'y 15, 1928; Serial at. 254,395.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in manually operated stirring devices and a container therefor, for

sirups or the like, to agitate and thoroughly.

, 5 stir said sirups in the initial process of making candies, etc.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a container having a cooling chamber in which a cooling medium is forced,

and a horizontally positioned manually operated agitating means located in said container. a

A further object of the invention is the provision of a sirup container equipped with i 15 a cooling medium and agitating or stirring means, removably associated with said con-- tainer and manually operated so thatthe sirups in said container may be thoroughly stirred or agitated. a V

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a sirup stirrer equipped with a removable operating member and removable paddles, whereby the device may be easily and quickly cleaned and the paddles interchanged or adjusted relative to the container, when it is found necessary.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a pair of nesting containers constituting a cooling medium chamber, so

' a; that the contents of one of the containers may be cooled during the stirring or agitating process. 7

A still furtherobject of this invention is the provision of a manually operated sirup stirrer, which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small cost.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features,

' combination and arrangement of parts as will J be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and.

claimed.

' In the drawings- V H V Figure 1 is a top planview of my improved sirup container and stirrer, as made in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the invention; V i v Figure 3 is a side elevationalview of a and,

slightly modified form of this invention;

7 Figure 4 is an'enl'arged detailed sectional view, illustrating the construction of one form of the cooling medium. Referring to the drawlngs,

indicates a series of supports. having secured to their upper ends,-an open end container. 6 having diverging side walls in crosssection, constituting a container. .Nesting in this "con tainer '6 is the inner or. second container 7, and this. container 7 fits within the container 6, as illustrated, and is supported therein so as to providea sufficient cooling space 8, in which a cooling medium is'adapted to beforced.

The vcontainer 6 is provided centrally with an outlet pipe 9 controlled by a suitable valve 10, and the container 7 has-fitted; inits central axis, a vertical pipe llhaving rotatably space when the operationis completed."

Slidably mounted onthe'handle' 13, are paddles 14, which are, adjustably fixed to said handle 13 through the medium of fastening means 15. virtue of the fastening means 15 the. paddles 14- may be moved inwardly through the central axis'ofsaid; container or outwardly towardsthe-outer circumferenc'e' thereof.

The angularitiesof *the' paddles 1 1; are disposed in opposite directions,-as clearly illustratedinFigure' 1, sothat whenthe handle is turned in the direction-indicated the arrows, the contents of the container 7 will be moved trated by inopposite directions, as illusthe positions of the paddlesin the numeral 5' 'fitte d thereon a sleeve 12, to which sleeve is In other words, when sirup is placed in the container 7, and upon the initial rotational motion of the handle 13, the sirup will be agitated inwardly by one paddle towards the central axis of the container 7, while the other paddle, due to its relative position thereto, will urge the sirup in the direction of the outer circumference of the container.

By continuous rotational motion of the handle, the sirup in the container 7 is sufliciently agitated to turn it into a homogeneous mass.

The principle involved is the simplicity of the structure and its cheapness, so as to permit candy sirups to be thoroughly stirred and agitated manually.

Referring to the modification illustrated in Figures 3 and 1, respectively, the usual standards 5 are provided, having the containers 6 and 7 respectively, and these containers nest in the same relative proportions as in the preferred form and provide a cooling chamber 8. The container 7 is provided with a standard 16, on: which is rotatably mounted the usual handle 13, carrying the adjustable paddles 14. The bottom face of the con tainer 7 is provided on its central axis, with a boss 17 equipped with a plurality of intersecting pipes 18, which communicate with the cooling chamber 8.

This boss 17 is provided so as to provide a continuous cooling medium in said chamber 8, by virtue of an inlet pipe 19, controlled by a'valve 20 connected to and communicating with said chamber through the bottom wall of the container 6, and the overflow of this cooling medium is conducted outwardly through an outlet pipe 21 secured to and communicating with the chamber 8 through the wall of the container 7, and this overflow is controlled by a valve 22, and by virtue of the valves 20 and 22, respectively, the cooling medium may be held stationary in the chamber 8 of the modified form, if it is so desired.

The structure involved in the modified form is identical with that in the preferred form,

' with the exception of the cooling medium and its means of entrance and egress in and from the cooling. chamber.

In use open end container secured to the standards,

a sirup container telescopically fitted in said first named container and having its peripheral flange overlying the peripheral edge of said first named container so as to support the walls of the sirup container from the adjacent walls of said first named container, said spacing of the Walls providing a cooling chamber between the containers, means for conveying a cooling medium to said chamher, said means being associated through and with the side walls of the container, an outlet for said cooling means formed in the bottom wall of said first named container, a vertical pipe secured through and to the central axis of the bottom wall of the sirup container, a horizontally positioned handle secured to said pipe and extending beyond the peripheraledges of said containers, and stirring paddles secured to and depending from said handle and located within said sirup container.

In testimony whereof he hereunto aiiixes his signature.

TEOFIL J CHRUL.

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